Re: Transcript - Offit & $$ made - Vaccine Exemptions'? Call Them What They Rea

[Guest guest]

Sheri .. thanks for posting Offit's "remarks"

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Reading Offit's infantile descriptions of three vaccine exemptions .. medical .. philosophical .. religious .. explains why this man refuses to engage in a nationally televised public debate regarding the "safety and efficiency" of public health vaccines and the policies by which they are administered.

#1 .. Medical exemptions .. Offit states: "a person may have a contraindication to getting a vaccine. Some people are allergic to gelatin. Gelatin is used as a stabilizer in the chickenpox vaccine and in the nasal spray influenza vaccine. That would be a reasonable reason not to get a vaccine"

ANS: How does any pediatrician or parent know if their child may be allergic to the "numerous" chemicals .. besides Gelatin .. that are among the dozens routinely used in childhood vaccines? What tests for "allergies" do pediatricians give children prior to receiving HEP B within hours of birth .. or .. even more reckless .. the numerous vaccines given in the first year of life in the USA?

Indeed .. not knowing a child's allergies prior to vaccinations is more than enough reason for every child to automatically receive a medical exemption from vaccines .. until the pediatrician can guarantee parents he has tested the child for allergies to every ingredient in the vaccines he administers.

#2 .. Philosophical exemptions .. Offit states: "First of all, the notion that vaccines are a "philosophy" is inaccurate. Philo means love, sophos means wisdom. Exactly where is the wisdom in saying that it is better not to get vaccines than to get them?"

ANS: It is Offit .. not parents .. who has a philosophical love of vaccines .. that overrides his wisdom. Exactly where is the wisdom in saying that it is better to get vaccines than not get them ... when everyone .. including a majority of the Supreme Court .. labels them ... "unavoidably unsafe".

#3 .. Religious exemptions .. Offit states: "Religion is a belief system. Religion is a faith-based system. Science and medicine are evidence-based systems. They are data-based systems, not beliefs. If you want to feel better about vaccine use, I think one needs only to look at the roughly 20,000 studies that have evaluated the safety or efficacy of vaccines, or the hundreds of studies that have looked at what happens when you combine vaccines and give them at the same time to feel confident that, in fact, there are data to support that choice".

ANS: This is .. albeit unintentionally .. a stunning admission by Offit .. that over 200 years of diligent pursuit of evidenced-based systems .. regarding the safety and efficiency of vaccines .. has produced what Offit himself describes as .. inclusive data.

I honestly think we have been blessed to have this man as the "spokesman" for the entire vaccine industry.